10 smokin’ photos

About a week after the election, on Nov. 15, the American Cancer Society is holding its annual Great American Smokeout, in which the group encourages smokers to put down the cancer sticks. Cigarette smoking has declined over the years, but there was a time in Washington when legendary politicos and media figures lit up regardless of the circumstances - even on the air in what would be unthinkable today. As C-SPAN’s Video Library shows, their cameras were there to catch much of it, back before revised building codes, new laws and a change in attitudes put an end to indoor smoking. Take a look back at a different era in D.C.